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Q3: Are sports cards valuable ?

Like all collectibles, some sports cards increase in value and a few can become very valuable.
Determining a card's value is based on a number of factors including the popularity
of the player, the card's scarcity, it's condition, and demand among collectors.
A card can be scarce but if there's no demand for it, it's value may not be to great.

Q: What are some of the ways to collect cards ?
There are several different ways to collect cards. For example, you can try to
collect all the cards in a given set. Or you can focus on cards of your favorite
team or even just your favorite player.

Some people only collect Rookie cards while others only collect cards of
Hall-of-Famers. Because of the high cost of vintage sports cards today a growingly
popular way to collect sportscards is "Type Collecting".

"Type Collecting" is collecting just one of each "type" (or different issue) made.
To keep costs down, on some of the scarcer more expensive issues you can simply
add a less expensive "common" to your collection. While on more common or recent
issues you can select your favorite player or a card from your favorite team.

No matter how you collect - the key is to have fun !

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

HARTLAND STATUES

Hartland produced it's first baseball statues back in the early 60's.
Sports Collectibles Digest stated that the 1960's Mickey Mantle Hartland
is the single most popular plastic sports statue ever produced !
In 1988 Hartland created their 25th Anniversary Editions which,
except for some very minor details, were identical to the original.

Hartland partnered with America's leading hobby-periodical publisher,
Krause Publications, to create the SCD Authentic series offering
the original 18 as you've never seen them with each statue dramatically
different from prior releases. They are amazingly beautiful and
exquisitely detailed in their road uniforms with painted pinstripes and
wood grained bats making them a unique collectible opportunity for both
veteran collectors and Hartland newcomers alike.

Limited to only 2,500 pieces each, these statues are
BRAND NEW, MINT and in THEIR ORIGINAL BOXES !!!

1964 Topps Stand-Ups

Topps most popular 1960's test issue !!!
Blank-backed and unnumbered, these standard size cards were called
"Stand-Ups". "Stand-Ups" refers to a type of card that was die cut around
the player's picture. The background section then could be folded in half, so the card
could stand up by itself while the player's picture stood alone.
Directions for folding are on the background and when folded only the
green background remains.
1934-36 Batter Up and the 1951 Topps All-Star sets are 2 other popular
standup issues.

Thanks to the green and yellow borders and the likelihood that most cards
have been heavily folded, 1964 Stand-Ups are extremely difficult to
obtain in top grades.

The 77 card set features color photographs of the player on
yellow and green backgrounds. 22 of the 77 cards were single printed making
them twice as scarce and much higher in demand.